Calling Quotes

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There is nothing sweeter in this sad world than the sound of someone you love calling your name. — Kate DiCamillo
Suppose I was to tell you that it's just beauty that's calling me, the beauty of the far off and unknown, the mystery and spell… — Eugene O'Neill
When I can no more stir my soul to move, and life is but the ashes of a fire; when I can but remember that… — George MacDonald
I'll bet you anything you like that half an hour after they have met, they will be calling each other sister. Women only do that… — Oscar Wilde
The greatest calling of all is to have a literary life. — Lisa See
This is the substance of the Way of the Samurai: if by setting one's heart right every morning and evening, one is able to live… — Yamamoto Tsunetomo
I've come to believe that each of us has a personal calling that's as unique as a fingerprint - and that the best way to… — Oprah Winfrey
if i was a woman these days, i'd be killing motherfuckers. my handgun would never cool and my hands would be covered in testicular blood.… — Henry Rollins
The wise thing is for us diligently to train ourselves to lie thoughtfully, judiciously; to lie with a good object, and not an evil one;… — Mark Twain
Live today. Not yesterday. Not tomorrow. Just today. Inhabit your moments. Donâ€™t rent them out to tomorrow. Do you know what youâ€™re doing when you… — Jerry Spinelli
There are those who scoff at the schoolboy, calling him frivolous and shallow: Yet it was the schoolboy who said 'Faith is believing what you… — Mark Twain
It seemed weird calling a teenager 'sir' but I'd learned to be careful with immortals. They tended to get offended easily. Then, they blew stuff… — Rick Riordan
Ridicule is the only weapon which can be used against unintelligible propositions. Ideas must be distinct before reason can act upon them; and no man… — Thomas Jefferson
What do I make of all this texture? What does it mean about the kind of world in which I have been set down? The… — Annie Dillard
You've heard of people calling in sick. You may have called in sick a few times yourself. But have you ever thought about calling in… — Tom Robbins
Still, no one finally knows what a poet is supposed either to be or to do. Especially in this country, one takes on the jobâ€”because… — Robert Creeley
By using money as the scapegoat and work as our all-consuming routine, we are able to conveniently disallow ourselves to do otherwise: 'John, I'd love… — Tim Ferriss
The Three Wiseman: The weather has been awful, The countryside is dreary, Marsh, jungle, rock; and echoes mock, Calling our hope unlawful; But a silly… — Wystan Hugh Auden
Myron reached for the phone and dialed Win's number. After the eighth ring he began to hang up when a weak, distant voice coughed. "Hello?"… — Harlan Coben
Feeling like the voice she liked best in all the world was calling her name. — C.S. Lewis

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